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Jean Pascal vs. Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev by the Numbers
by Tyson Bruce What’s At Stake? This weekend in the boxing hotbed of Montreal, Canada hometown hero Jean Pascal will try and make his comeback go full circle when he…
Waiting With 100 Media Aristocrats to Question Floyd Mayweather
By Ivan G. Goldman I’m in a nondescript room in downtown Los Angeles with about 100 other media people, mostly writers, a few photographers. We wait for Floyd Mayweather. This…
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Adrien “The Problem” Broner: Two-Stepping His Way Back to the Top?
By Eric Duran On Saturday night, Adrien Broner systematically broke down John Molina over 12 rounds. It was far from an exciting fight, as Broner's skills proved to be too…
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Adrien “The Problem” Broner: There’s a Problem with “The Problem’s” New Approach
By: Sergio L. Martinez The debut show for promotional outfit Premier Boxing Championships (PBC) on cable network powerhouse NBC posed an intriguing pair of fights with combatants known for their…
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Keith Thurman-Robert Guerrero Show – Lavish Turning Point in Boxing History
By Ivan G. Goldman The first Premier Boxing Champions show on NBC Saturday night was so lavishly produced that all the extravagance threatened to upstage the fights themselves. It featured…
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Boxing on NBC Tonight! Could This Be the Best Thing For Boxing in Years?
By Charles Jay Numerous members of the media are speaking of the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight (May 2 in Las Vegas, in case you're unaware) as something that could be…
Oddsmakers Bet Against KO in Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao Contest
By Ivan G. Goldman You can get better odds wagering on a knockout by either fighter than you can get betting on underdog Manny Pacquiao in his super-fight against Floyd…
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The World Series of Boxing Offers A Different Way to Revitalize the Sport
By Omar Al Raisi There is much to admire about a sport in which words such as courage, tenacity, honor, skill and determination are given physical meaning. But for many…
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Back on Prime Time: Thurman, Guerrero, Broner and Molina Make NBC Debut
By Tyson Bruce This weekend, boxing makes it grand arrival back to network television on NBC. Unlike the more recent ventures into boxing on network TV, such as Main Events'…
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Boxing Goes ‘Downtown’ to NBC Saturday with Keith Thurman, Robert Guerrero
By Ivan G. Goldman You might think Boxing Godfather Al Haymon can’t lose Saturday night. He’s pitting up-and-coming Keith Thurman against tough southpaw Robert Guerrero for the first show of…
Is Mayweather-Pacquiao the Last “Super-Fight” of Its Kind?
By Tyson Bruce After five years of painstaking negotiations that made the merger between AOL and Time Warner look like a lackadaisical stroll through the park, “The Fight” we’ve all…
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Misreporting Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao: Starry Visions of Non-Events
By Ivan G. Goldman Misreporting on the supposed super-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao is getting so ridiculous that writers may now be deriving information from visions that come…
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Why Martin Murray Shouldn’t Be Written Off vs Gennady Golovkin
By Sean Crose Those who argue that Britain’s Martin Murray isn’t a “real” opponent for middleweight terror Gennady "GGG" Golovkin are sadly mistaken. This isn’t to say Murray can beat…
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Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, and the Unforgiving Science of Aging
By Ivan G. Goldman Much of the fight world wakes each morning to see if there’s any news on whether this time there actually will be a fight between Floyd…
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Floyd Mayweather Tweets Positive Words on Manny Pacquiao Talks
By Ivan G. Goldman Floyd Mayweather’s Twitter feed late today started sending out encouraging bulletins on the possibility of making a deal to establish the May 2 welterweight showdown much…